[Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business in Craftstranpostations

[NCBootman]

I sure understand all of that! I have lots of crafts that would do well at a 
flea market or yardsale or even craft show. But, I don't have dependable 
transportation and in addition, have to have a sighted helper. It would be 
very easy at something like this to just walk by and take what you like and 
me never know it! They steal from sighted people. But, I'd be an easy 
target. And, then there's the issue of a bathroom. It may be on the other 
end of the event and just not be doable to go by oneself.

So, I enjoy doing my crafts, make them for gifts, sell a few to friends, and 
once in a while get sighted help and do a sale of some kind like in my front 
yard. These are all considerations. I love what I do and stay as busy as I 
want to be with all my different activities but for the sighted person who 
thinks it is easy for a blind person to work, it isn't.

Greg

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From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 11:55 AM
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business in 
Craftstranpostations

> Greg
>
> Man you are correct about transportation.  That is why I stopped doing 
> the
> craft shows, my friend that was sighted hurt her back and could not go 
> with
> me any more to shows, so I lost my eyes and driver for shows.
>
> I have had 3 job offerings  and the first I could not get  transportation
> and it would have been to teach triangle weaving, the other one  was at 
> the
> Joann's craft store being a knitting and crochet teacher, I could get
> transportation during the day, but not in the evening and of course they 
> wanted
> classes in the evening.  I could get public transportation up there, but 
> it
> would drop me off at the huge shopping center next to the shopping center
> that  Joann's was in.  I would have to walk through 2 large parking lots 
> to
> get  there.
>
> Now I am sitting waiting to start a job learning how to cane chairs.   The
> only public transportation directly to the area I need to go is by  train.
> I have been working with the mobility trainer now and it has come  to his
> decision  that he feels it would be safe for me to take the train up 
> there,
> but not the return back train.  He is giving it a 75% rating of  being
> successful.  So I am waiting to here the blind agency's other  thoughts on 
> this.
>
> Joyce  Kane
> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
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